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HU12

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hedon, in East Riding of Yorkshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an HU12 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 5% of people in HU12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£183,000
Joint 271st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
25,138
1,162nd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
5%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How HU12 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

HU12Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, HU · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in HU20 areas from £93,000 to £377,475. The middle area is £179,000. HU12 is £183,000.
£183,00010th most expensive
Population20 postcode districts, HU · 2021
Population: every postcode district in HU20 areas from 953 to 48,840. The middle area is 21,549. HU12 is 25,138.
25,1388th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 postcode districts, HU · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in HU20 areas from 0.0% to 78.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. HU12 is 5.0%.
5%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 postcode districts, HU · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in HU20 areas from 81.1% to 99.9%. The middle area is 99.5%. HU12 is 84.3%.
84.3%2nd lowest

Is HU12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in HU12 at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 103.2 per 1,000 people across the HU postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in HU12.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (524), other crime (265) and criminal damage and arson (112).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in HU12 was 42.6 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in HU12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so HU12 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in HU12

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Riding of Yorkshire 029A1,40737.6 per 1,000798.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire 029B1,48498.7 per 1,000698.8%
East Riding of Yorkshire 029C1,812118.4 per 1,000799.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire 029D1,25323.8 per 1,0007100.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire 029E1,39145.1 per 1,000799.5%
East Riding of Yorkshire 031A1,58324.7 per 1,000751.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire 031B1,43862.8 per 1,00069.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire 031C1,51437.4 per 1,000646.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire 031E1,71328.5 per 1,000595.8%
East Riding of Yorkshire 033A1,54944.9 per 1,000797.4%
East Riding of Yorkshire 033B2,20813.6 per 1,0009100.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire 033C1,42842.4 per 1,000394.9%
East Riding of Yorkshire 033D1,64134.9 per 1,000995.6%
East Riding of Yorkshire 033E1,60718.3 per 1,0008100.0%
East Riding of Yorkshire 039E1,46742.7 per 1,000379.1%
East Riding of Yorkshire 039F1,34762.4 per 1,000368.3%

MPs for HU12

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in HU123

Postcode sectors in HU123

Council1

Towns in HU121

Postcode districts next to HU123

More in the HU postcode area2

HU12 in brief

HU12 is a postcode district covering Hedon, in East Riding of Yorkshire.

About 24,981 people lived in HU12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £183,000 in 2025 across 447 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in HU12 was £183,000 in 2025.

HU12 had 25,138 usual residents at the census.

About 5% of people in HU12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In HU12, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.